Description
Literary perspectives of 20th-century Italy with a particular focus on World War II and its aftermath. Authors to be read include Elio Vittorini, Cesare Pavese, Italo Calvino, Natalia Ginzburg, Primo Levi, Carlo Levi, Ignazio Silone, Eugenio Montale, Giuseppe Ungaretti, and Umberto Saba. Prerequisite: Italian 44 or equivalent.